Hi RIcardo, That's a great idea. I haven't tried your patch yet, which revision is it intended for?
I personally think it could be upstreamed but indeed not in its current form. There is a similar option in the Part Library Editor in File->Create PNG File from screen. Carl On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Ricardo Crudo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Everyone. > > I've attached a patch that allows to eeschema plot a PNG image from given > library and component names via command line. First let me say that my > intention is not to have this patch applied to upstream KiCad code, I wrote > the patch exclusively to got this feature, I know it's wrong in many ways. > My aim here is to use it as a tool to help us (librarians) with the > evaluation of the users libraries pull requests at kicad-library. > > Ideally we would have a patched kicad version running over Jenkis, > similiar with what Jon Neal has done for checking scripts. > > To test it, apply the patch and run as following: > > eeschema --component-png microchip_pic12mcu "PIC12(L)F1501-I/MC" > > You will see the eeschema window pop up and close automatically. After > this an output.png file should have been plotted to local dir. > > I'm copying the developers mail list to ask a help to guide me where to > tweak in order to prevent the windows to pop up (if possible). I've tried > to comment out some Show and Raise methods but it didn't work out. I got a > corrupted png and program did stop to close automatically. > > > Best Regards, > Ricardo. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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